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Turn a picture into a sign that reads at a distance

Signage and pictograms need a bold, simple outline, not a busy illustration full of small lines: pic2CAD draws that outline for you.

Try it with your own picture
A cup and saucer redrawn as bold, sign-ready line art

How it works

01

Upload a picture

Any picture works: one you shoot yourself, a reference from a client, or a sketch you already have.

02

pic2CAD draws the line art

The picture becomes a clean line drawing in about a minute. Generating uses 1 credit, and you get it back if the drawing fails.

03

Download PNG, SVG, DXF and DWG

Every format, every time; the DWG is under the + button in My drawings. Downloading is always free, however many times you need the file.

How pic2CAD helps

A busy illustration full of small lines disappears at sign distance, but simplifying a picture down to a bold, legible outline by hand takes a steady hand and more time than a one-off sign is usually worth.

pic2CAD draws a bold, simple outline from a picture, the kind that still reads at a distance. Cut it from the DXF on a plotter or router, or reach for the SVG if your workflow runs through a design app instead.

Ideal for

  • Shop and studio signage cut from a picture of a logo or mascot
  • Pictograms and wayfinding that need to read at a glance
  • Router-cut lettering or panels where the outline has to stay simple
  • One-off signs where hiring an illustrator isn't worth it

Frequently asked questions

Not always: a busy, detailed picture tends to lose small lines when simplified for signage. A bold, simple subject usually reads better at a distance.
The DXF, on a plotter or router; the SVG works if your workflow runs through a design app instead.
Yes. The SVG and DXF are vector, so they scale to any size without losing quality; the same bold outline that works on a small panel holds up at shopfront scale. Only a raster PNG would lose sharpness blown up that far.